Overview
An overhead, random battle, fantasy role-playing game, Dragon Slayer - The Legend of Heroes comes from Falcom, the company behind the Ys series. All the genre staples are here: a group of up to four characters, weapon and item shops...you know the drill by now. Battles are random and turn based, with the option of using either CD music or PSG which avoids that little extra CD access time (this also applies to village tunes). Later in the game, you are able to see the creatures moving about the landscape, making avoiding battles that much easier if you are just trying to get from A to B without hassle. The plot is hardly anything original, involving the player taking the role of the young prince escaping from his evil guardian and adventuring into the dangerous world outside. The storyline does however develop into something much wider and more dramatic as the game progresses, and is split into several chapters to help mark your progress.